Minecraft Xbox 360 and all the rest of the popular sandbox game's console ports will be getting a major update this week, according to a new update on the official Mojang blog. We don't have a complete list of changes yet; however, even today's minor update from the Minecraft team suggests a fair amount of content will migrate to Minecraft's console ports this week.

To be clear, Minecraft Xbox 360 and Minecraft Xbox One won't be the only versions seeing new content this week. In addition to the release of Title Update 25, 4J Studios will also publish Minecraft PS3 v1.17, along with an equivalent patch for Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition. All four of the updates will go live on Wednesday, July 1, just days before Microsoft and Mojang celebrate MineCon 2015.

This week's Minecraft updates will bring some major changes to the various console ports of the game, including new flat world customization options and additional game options. Going forward, players will have additional difficulty options, more control over spawn points, the ability to change the weather and loads more. The latest Minecraft patch also brings over the classic crafting system that's appeared in the PC build since Minecraft debuted back in 2009.

Minecraft Xbox 360 Title Update 25 also includes some new blocks and items that can be crafted by players. Beginning Wednesday, console Minecraft players will finally have access to Birch, Jungle, Oak and Spruce woods, which they'll be able to use for doors, fences, gates and all the rest of the craftable wooden items currently found in Minecraft's console ports. This week's updates will also deliver stained glass, iron trapdoors, books and a variety of other items.

Here are patch notes for Minecraft Xbox 360 Title Update 25:
Changes and Additions:
Added Oak Wood Fence, Spruce Wood Fence, Birch Wood Fence, Jungle Wood Fence.
Added Oak Wood Fence Gate, Spruce Wood Fence Gate, Birch Wood Fence Gate, Jungle Wood Fence Gate.
Added Oak Wood Door, Spruce Wood Door, Birch Wood Door, Jungle Wood Door.
Added Iron Trapdoor, Inverted Daylight Sensor, Book and Quill, Stained Glass and Stained Glass Panes.
Added Custom Superflat User Interface, allowing players to customize superflat world generation.
Added new in-game options to allow changing game mode, difficulty setting, time of day, and spawn position per player, and disable or enable ambient cave sounds, and weather settings.
Split Load/Join interface into Create/Load/Join.
Changed Game Mode selection to a slider
Added Classic Crafting option, so you can now craft the same way as on the Java version if you really want to! This option is available in the UI settings menu.
Enabled USB keyboard use for Book and Quill.
Enabled Chatpad use for Book and Quill.

Fixes:
Fixed a crash when a lot of Redstone Dust was used.
Fixed various incorrect tooltip issues.
Fix for mined item entities sometimes appearing at the top of the world, rather than spawning where the block is destroyed.
Fix for an issue with corrupt capes on characters.
Fix for an issue where players could open Trapped Chests, Droppers, Hoppers and Beacons even though “Can Open Containers” was off.
Fixed a crash when a flaming arrow shot from a Dispenser hits TNT
Fixed a memory leak causing crashes after prolonged play sessions.
Fixed a problem with dropped items sinking below the ground.
Fixed an issue with TNT explosions.
Fixed a problem with baby villagers’ collision height.


And here are patch notes for Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition v1.17:

Changes and Additions:
Added Oak Wood Fence, Spruce Wood Fence, Birch Wood Fence, Jungle Wood Fence.
Added Oak Wood Fence Gate, Spruce Wood Fence Gate, Birch Wood Fence Gate, Jungle Wood Fence Gate.
Added Oak Wood Door, Spruce Wood Door, Birch Wood Door, Jungle Wood Door.
Added Iron Trapdoor, Inverted Daylight Sensor, Book and Quill, Stained Glass and Stained Glass Panes.
Added Custom Superflat User Interface, allowing players to customize superflat world generation.
Added new in-game options to allow changing game mode, difficulty setting, time of day, and spawn position per player, and disable or enable ambient cave sounds, and weather settings.
Split Load/Join interface into Create/Load/Join.
Changed Game Mode selection to a slider.
Added Classic Crafting option, so you can now craft the same way as on the Java version if you really want to! This option is available in the UI settings menu.
Added LittleBigPlanet™ Mash-up Pack trial content.
Enabled USB keyboard use for Book and Quill.


Fixes:
Fixed a crash when a lot of Redstone Dust was used.
Fixed various incorrect tooltip issues.
Fix for mined item entities sometimes appearing at the top of the world, rather than spawning where the block is destroyed
Fix for an issue with corrupt capes on characters.
Fix for an issue where players could open Trapped Chests, Droppers, Hoppers and Beacons even though “Can Open Containers” was off.
Fixed a crash when a flaming arrow shot from a Dispenser hits TNT.
Fixed a memory leak causing crashes after prolonged play sessions.
Fixed a problem with dropped items sinking below the ground.
Fixed an issue with TNT explosions.
Fixed a problem with baby villagers’ collision height.
Fixed an issue with the Steampunk Texture Pack.

Posted: Jun 30, 2015 8:10 pm
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